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If students today think email is old-school, how do we communicate with them? What should we have in our syllabi about communication methods? Social Networking has hit the mainstream and technologies such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and You Tube are at the forefront of this revolution. Join us as we explore ways to use these tools to enhance the educational experience.
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Email Is So Old School!
WCET, October 2009
PresentersDonna Hall
Instructional Design Team [email protected]
Debra Warren Instructional DesignerCCCOnline [email protected]
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Ways to Communicate
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Blogs Chat rooms Email Facebook Google docs Hand
signals/gestures IMs Listservs Newsletters Pen and paper Person-to-person Podcasts
Radio Seminars Skype Smoke signals Social Networks Telephone Television Text messages Twitter Web sites Wikis YouTube
How do you communicate with students?
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How do colleges communicate with students?
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Is e-mail the best way to communicate with your
students?
Email is for Old People
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According to teens, it’s [email] for talking to old people and for use by old people
Lenhart, A. (2007) Email is for old people. APA 2007 Annual Convention
Grand Rapids Community College Survey
Asked students about preferred electronic communication for:
• Timely school closings• Emergencies• Course related information from instructor
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Grand Rapids Community College Survey (con’t)
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Mobile Text Messages 136153.12%
Email 56422.01%
Web Site Popup 42416.55%
RSS Feed 150.59%
None of the Above 1987.73%
Source: http://www.maxxomedia.com/blog/2008/12/18/how-students-communicate-online/
78% of students surveyed did not want communication via email!
eROI Study
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74% of students surveyed did not want communication via email!
Pew Survey
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Email continues to lose its luster among teens as texting, instant messaging, and social networking sites facilitate more frequent contact with friends.
Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2007/Teens-and-Social-Media/1-Summary-of-Findings.aspx?r=1
How Do They Communicate?
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My Experience with a Student
EmailMessageOne week later
What Does Your Syllabus Say?
What You Can Expect of MeQuick response to your email
inquiries …
Communications About Difficulties/Absences:
It is your responsibility to contact me in a timely manner if you become ill …
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MicroBlogging
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Using MicroBlogs
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•Backchannel during live courses•Encourage conciseness•Notification•Directed tasks: share a link, etc•“Time Tweet”
Social Networking Sites
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Ning
Using Social Networks
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Get information to studentsStart discussion forumsPost helpful websitesEasy way to post videos,
picturesAdvertise your courseHomework help
Video Sharing Sites
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iTunes U
Using Video Sharing
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GroupsUpload videos for classStudents to upload videosPost links to videos Scavenger hunts for helpful
videos
Questions or Comments?
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